Top Security Startups in 2027

Sensity is the verification-everything platform. We are building a new foundational security layer for the Internet: an all-inclusive solution for detecting fake identities, documents, images, video and audio, had they been AI-generated or digitally altered with software. Sensity secures enterprises clients on 4 continents in the financial industry, marketplaces, insurance companies, and cybersecurity and threat intelligence firms; we support the work of dozens of government agencies. Founded in 2018 by AI researchers, Sensity is the world’s first company specialized in the detection of AI-generated content. We are backed by Betaworks (HuggingFace, Giphy), Amadeus Capital (Graphcore, Improbable), other than by the European Commission's Horizon-KTE, Visa Everywhere and Google News Initiative. Sensity is featured in the New York Times, the Financial Times, Bloomberg

Zscaler is revolutionizing internet security with the industry’s first Security as a Service platform. As the innovative firm in the $35 billion security market, Zscaler is used by more than 5,000 organizations, including 50 of the Fortune 500. Zscaler ensures that more than 13 million users worldwide are protected against cyber-attacks and data breaches while staying fully compliant with corporate and regulatory policies. Zscaler is a Gartner magic quadrant leader for secure web gateways and delivers a safe and productive internet experience for every user, from any device and from any location—100% in the cloud. With its multi-tenant, distributed cloud security platform, Zscaler effectively moves security into the internet backbone, operating in more than 100 data centers around the world and enabling organizations to fully leverage the promise of cloud and mobile computing with unparalleled and uncompromising protection and performance. Zscaler delivers unified, carrier-grade internet security, a next-generation firewall, web security, sandboxing, advanced persistent threat (APT) protection, data loss prevention, SSL decryption, traffic shaping, policy management, and threat intelligence—all without the need for on-premise hardware, appliances, or software.

Our simple, innovative software solutions give you visibility into the risk associated with your IT, your users and the real threats you face. Our software helps you quickly prioritize threats, manage risk, and take the right steps to improve your organization's security. We understand every organization is different and the best approach for you may not be the best approach for someone else. With broad visibility and contextual insight into what's happening in your information security environment, we give you the ability to adapt to whatever obstacles rise up in the road before you so your organization can go as fast as it needs.

Independent from any vendor or technology, the unparalleled Picus Platform is designed to continuously measure the effectiveness of security defenses by using emerging threat samples in production environments. Created by a team that’s been working together more than 10 years already and has proven their expertise in enterprise cybersecurity, Picus is trusted by many large multinational corporations and government agencies. Recognized as a Cool Vendor in Security and Risk Management, 2H19 by Gartner.

As a global leader in cyber security, our people are the single greatest asset we have at BeyondTrust. Every day, there are new problems to solve, challenges to overcome and opportunities to make a difference in the security of our customers. As an industry leader, we are committed to going beyond for the talented, exceptional people that comprise the global BeyondTrust team.

Using massive data analysis of connected device firmware and software, Finite State provides transparency to device manufacturers and asset owners, enabling them to understand and mitigate their risks before they are compromised. The Finite State Platform automatically analyzes each device, allowing users to identify risk across a comprehensive matrix of factors. Simply upload your device firmware to our platform and within minutes you will gain access to an overall risk score, a robust Software Bill of Materials (SBOM), a list of existing threats and vulnerabilities, and a wide array of other factors that affect the security of your device.

DataDome stops cyberfraud and bots in real time, outpacing AI-driven fraud from simple to sophisticated across your sites, apps, and APIs. Named a Leader in the 2024 Forrester Wave for Bot Management, the DataDome platform is built on a multi-layered AI engine that focuses on intent, not just identity. Because it’s not about knowing who’s real, it’s about what they intend to do. With thousands of AI models that adapt to every fraudulent click, signup, and login, DataDome blocks fraud in less than 2 milliseconds, without compromising performance. DataDome is fully automated and integrates seamlessly into any tech stack. Backed by a 24/7 SOC team of advanced threat researchers, DataDome stops over 400 billion attacks annually. Experience protection that outperforms with DataDome.

Our platform provides non-intrusive scans against a vendor's digital footprint to arrive at a cybersecurity rating and financial impact rating all rooted firmly in industry recognized standards and frameworks such as MITRE, NIST, and the OpenFAIR Framework. We empower organizations to take greater control over the risk in their digital supply chain by giving them the tools and findings to protect their assets.

ActivTrak is a free cloud-based employee monitoring service. By tracking application and web usage, it allows you to answer the question - "Who's doing what and for how long."

Myriad360 delivers industry-leading technology solutions to transform and secure our clients’ IT strategy, infrastructure, and business. With top IT security manufacturers and in-house engineering, global logistics and project management expertise, Myriad360 handles it all—from security to mobility, networking to cloud, and hardware solutions to managed services.